The function of leucine-rich repeat-containing protein 56 (LRRC56) from vertebrates is not clear. However, its homologue in Chlamydomonas, also known as ODA8, is a conserved flagellar protein with a role in formation and transport of mature dynein complexes during flagellar assembly []. LRRC56 from Trypanosoma brucei brucei is required for the assembly of dynein arms in the distal portion of flagellum axoneme [].
